These states are racing ahead and giving a boost to EVs through policy groundwork
28 March 2019 9:56 PM GMT
Karnataka, Delhi, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Uttarakhand are set to drive the change by putting in place electric vehicle policies.
- Under the mission, in March 2015, the Scheme for Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid&) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) was launched for two years under Phase-I, which was subsequently extended up to March 31, 2019.Further, in 2017, the Centre launched the EV@30 campaign to set a collective aspirational goal for all Electric Vehicles Initiative (EVI) members to have EVs contribute to 30 percent of all vehicle sales by 2030.
- The draft EV policy was introduced by the Delhi government in 2018, and it seeks to drive rapid adoption of Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) so that they contribute to 25 percent of all new vehicle registrations by 2023.Key highlightsPolicy to incentivise purchase of EVs and support electrification of public and shared transport.
- Public transport to have 50 percent electric buses by 2023.Policy to encourage adoption of electric three-wheeler goods carriers.
- Also read: Ola, Mahindra, Bounce: meet the companies lighting up the road for electric vehicles to go the distanceUttar PradeshLucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, is one among the 10 cities identified for pilot project of Multi-Modal Electric Public Transport, under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles in India (FAME) scheme.
- Keeping this in mind, the state government came out with the Uttar Pradesh Electric Vehicles Policy, 2018.Key highlightsTo establish UP as a preferred destination for attracting investments in EV manufacturing.
- Setting up EV incubation centres at IIT-Kanpur and other leading engineering institutions to encourage business models on EVs.100 percent road tax exemption on EVs purchased within the state.
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